FPA MEDIA AWARDS 2026

ENTRIES OPEN:  Wednesday 1^st July 2026
ENTRIES CLOSE:Wednesday 9^th September 2026

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ELIGIBILITY

Entries must havebeen written/produced/published/broadcast for a news organisation with a UKpresence between 11th Sept 2025 and 9th September 2026.

• Entry is FREE but only one article, radio or television broadcast per Journalist may be submitted in each category.
• Each piece of work may be submitted only once.  
• A journalist may enter more than one category but not with a story they have already entered in another category.

The FPA Committee warmly welcomes FPA members to enter in all categories. In addition, there are 2 categories for stories about Britain and Ireland reserved exclusively for FPA Members . One for print and web articles and one for broadcasters (radio and TV).

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RULES FOR ENTRY

1. All entries should be accompanied by a Nomination Letter. This is a brief description (200 words approx.) by the author or proposer explaining why the piece deserves to win. For example: an explanation of the difficulties in obtaining the information, the levels of risk involved in the reporting, etc. This document should be uploaded as a PDF onto the entry form at the time of submission in the area marked Nomination Letter.
2. Great care should be taken to enter the story into the correct category on the entry form. Failure to do this may result in disqualification.
   Please be aware that the subject categories(Environment, Arts & Culture etc.) will be closely adhered to by the judging panels, so please do not enter stories with only a tenuous link to the category as the judges may choose to disqualify it.
3. The FPA Member categories are for stories written or produced about Britain and Ireland by a FULL MEMBER (not just a Press Card Holder) of the FPA. You must have been a full member of the FPA for at least 6 months prior to the date the entries open (1 July 2026).
4. All foreign language entries should be accompanied by an English translation. In cases where this proves very difficult, please contact the organiser on mediaawards@fpalondon.org where assistance may be available.
5. Entries for the TV News category should be no longer than 8 minutes total duration.
6. TV Compilations will not be accepted.
7. Where articles or broadcasts form part of a narrowly defined series, a maximum of two parts of the series may be submitted to be judged.
8. The Judges’ decision is final, and no discussion or correspondence can be entered into.
9. Entrants will be notified at the beginning of November if they have reached the finals. Each finalist and the guest of their choice will receive a free invitation to attend the Awards Dinner on 30th November at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Allnewspaper/magazine entries should include a PDF copy ofthe published page as well as the related, published URL link. 


TV, Radio &podcast entries should provide a URL or YouTube linkon their completed online entry form.  Files less than 128MB can beuploaded directly to the site.  Largerfiles should be sent by WeTransfer and the FPA will upload them.

TV, Radio &podcast entries should also upload any publicityphoto/promotional matter for their programme/story in the form of either a jpgor a PDF.

Additionally, allentrants must also upload a photograph of themselves inthe space on the form marked “Photograph”.  In the case of a teamentry, photographs of all members of the team who wish to becredited must be added at this stage.

Special care shouldbe taken with the spelling of entrants’ names and that allpeople needing to be credited are on the forms, as if successful, it is thesespellings and names that are used for engraving the Awards.

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